05 July, 2011

COURT: NETHERLANDS GUILTY FOR SREBRENICA DEATHS

Appeals judges have ruled that the Dutch state was responsible for the deaths of Bosniak men during the Srebrenica genocide and ordered the government to pay compensation to their relatives.

The landmark ruling could open the path to other compensation claims by victims who claim they should have been protected by Dutch United Nations peacekeepers during the July 1995 mass killings by Bosnian Serb troops.

Government lawyer Karlijn Teuben said Tuesday she would have to study the decision before deciding whether to appeal.

The case was brought by Hasan Nuhanovic, an interpreter who lost his brother and father and relatives of Rizo Mustafic, an electrician who was killed.

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Srebrenica Genocide is not a matter of anybody's opinion; it's a judicial fact recognized first by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and subsequently by the International Court of Justice.